| [varroa mites in the apiaries of campania region]. | mites in the genus varroa are obligate ectoparasites of honey bee populations worldwide. recent evidence from morphological, geographical, and especially genetic variation has spurred an important revision of varroa taxonomy. specifically, mitochondrial dna (mtdna) evidence suggests that the main mite pest on western honey bees (apis mellifera) is not varroa jacobsoni, as first described, but a distinct species now named varroa destructor. genetic markers also have been used to support a taxonom ... | 2004 | 15305732 |